Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Since the Icann draft applicant guidebook became a sort of bible, I tend to read it and read it again.

Yesterday, taking a look at the “Legal Rights Objection” (3.2.2.2) I read : “An intergovernmental organization (IGO) is eligible to file a legal rights objection if it meets the criteria for registration of a .INT domain name”.

Taking a look at registered .INT domain names, I found basel.int. The know .BASEL TLD project listed on Registries.tel could have the “Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal” to object its application on the legal right objection ground.

It is possible some brands will apply for a 3 or 4 characters’ string. Prior to doing this I would check carefully .INT domain names before doing so. Some ways to do this :

Saturday, March 19, 2011

"The Board intends to complete the process for final approval of the New gTLD implementation program at an extraordinary meeting of the ICANN Board to be held on Monday, 20 June 2011, at the ICANN public meeting in Singapore."